Drip-cup for paint-brushes.



` C. R. DAY.

DRHu CUP FOR PAINT B APPLICATION `FILED JULY Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

CLAUDE R. DAY, F ARTHUR, WEST VIRGINIA.

Murr-CUP Foa PAINT-Bausnns.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

Application led July 14, 1915. Serial No. 39,837.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, CLAUDE R. DAY, a citizenof the United States, residing at Arthur, in the county of Grant andState of `West Virginia, have invented a new and'useful Drip-Cup forPaint-Brushes; and I do hereby declare thev following to\be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to an improved drip cup for paint brushes and thelike.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicient deviceof this nature which Ais applicable to any construction or design ofpaint brush, and adapted to fit the same detachably, and in such wise asto prevent leaking of the drippings.

One ofthe features of the invention is to provide a drip cup comprisingtwo members, one telescoping the other and fitting the paint brush, saidmembers having interlockl,ing means to hold them in place.

Another feature of the invention is to proy, vide the lower edge portionof said members with a right angled extending flange extending towardthe .ferrule of the brush, and on which flanges strips of felt or othersuitable materials are secured in any suitable manner, the strips offelt being a little wider than the flanges, so as to bear tight againstthe ferrule, and to allow for the varying thicknesses of brushes, andalso to permit the felt to accommodate itself to the unevennesses of theferrule.

Another feature of the invention is to provide the free ends of thesides of one of the members with angular flanges,` to keep said freeends, especially adjacent the upper edge of the cup, spaced apart fromthe ferrule of the brush.

Another feature of the invention is that the cup may be constructed indifferent shapes and sizes, in order to fit diHerent shapes'and sizes ofbrushes.

Another object of the invention is to fasten the drip cup permanently toa brush by sprigs or the like, in which case the flange at the bottom ofthe cup is dispensed with, and a strip of leather or the like forms thebottom, through which' the sprigs extend, and penetrate the brush, asshown in Figures 5 and 6.

.n practical fields the details of construe? tion may necessitatealterations, within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed. In thedrawings: Fig. l is a view in perspective of a paint brush, which may ormay not be provided with a ferrule, and which may be flat or any othersuitable shape, and showing the improved drip cup as applied thereto.Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview. on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 illustrates collective views of thetwo sections or members of the drip cup. Fig. 5 is a transversesectional view showing the sections or members of the drip cup securedby sprigs or the like to the brush, in which case the flanges at thebottoms of said members are dispensed with, and a strip of leather issecured between the members and the brush by the sprigs. Fig. 6 is asectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 shows a perspective view ofa cylindrical drip cup as applied to a cylindrical brush. Fig. 8` is asectional view on line 88 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 shows a sectional viewthrough a cylindrical brush and the cylindrical drip cup, in which casethe flange at the bottom of the drip cup is dispensed with, and a stripof leather secured to the drip cup, in case it is found that the flangewould destroy the resiliency of the metal of the cylindrical drip cup.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the body ofthe paint brush, to which the bristles 2 may be secured in any suitablemanner. The drip cup comprises two U-shaped members 5 and 6 constructedof spring sheet metal, so that the side portions 7 and 8 of both membersor sections will tend to spring toward each other, so that when thesections are fitted to the brush, that is, the body thereof, saidopposite side portions will automatically hold the sections in place.Thelower portions of said members or sections are provided with flanges4, and secured to the flanges in any suitable manner are strips of feltor the like l1. rIhe strips of felt l1 are a little'wider than theflanges, so as to bear tight against the body of the brush, and allowfor the varying thicknesses of the brushes, and so that the felt willaccommodate itself to the Iunevennesses of the body falling o f thebrush. This felt bears tight against the body, so as to prevent theleaking of the drippings from the cup. The opposite side portions of thesection 5 are provided with depressions 9, any opposite two of which,receives the o posite bulges 10 of the two side portions ofP the section6, thereby acting to hold the two sections or members securely butdetachably to the brush. The freeend portions of the parts 7 and 8 ofthe section or member 5 are provided with right angled flangesA 9a, toengage the body of the brush, to hold the opposite side portions 7 and 8spaced apart from the body. In arranging the drip cup on the brush, thesections arch thebody of the brush transversely, so that one section ormember telescopes the other section or member, the flanges 4 being heldout of Contact with the body by virtue of the felt strips.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the flanges 4 are dispensed with, and a leather strip11b is secured between the members 5 and 6 and the body of the brush bymeans of the sprigs or the like 18, the leather strip acting to preventleakage of the drippings.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the drip cu is constructed in the form of an annu arband,

. the lower edge portion of Whichis provided With a flange 16, on whicha strip of felt or the like is arranged. In this instance, the strploffelt 11a is wider than the flange, so as to bear against the body of thebrush and accommodate itself to the unevennesses of the body. One end ofthe band 13 of the cup shown in Figs. 5 and 8 has a right angled flange17 which holds the band of the cup spaced apart from the body of thebrush.

Fig. 9 shows a cylindrical brush and a cylindrical drip cup, and theflange 16 dispensed with, in which case a leather strip 11b is securedto the band 13 of the cup in any suitable manner.

In Figs. 7, 8 and 9 the band 13 of the cup is shown as overlapping asshown at 14, which overlapping ends are secured together by theinterlocking lugs and depressions 15, similar to those at 9 and 10 inFig. 4.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis:-

1. In combination with a paint brush, a drip cup, said cup comprisingtwo sections U-shaped in plan view, and designed to arch the body of thebrush transversely, said sections being constructed of resilient sheetmetal and having intel'cngaging elements to hold the sections in place,the opposite sides of said sections being yieldable and normallyinclined toward each other to yieldably engage the body, the bottomortions of the sections having flanges prov1ded with strips of liberwider than the flanges to bear against the body of the brush, the freeportions of the sides of one of said U -shaped members having rightangled flanges to engage the body of the brush to hold the sides spacedfrom the body.

2. In combination with a paint brush, a drip cup comprisin a pair ofU-shaped sections constructed o spring sheet metal, said U-shapedsections having fiber bottoms to bear against the body of the brush, thesides of the U-shaped sections designed to arch the body of the brushand telescope each other and having interlocking elements to hold thesections in place, the free portions of the sides of one of saidsections having right angled flanges to bear against the body to holdthe sides of one of the sections spaced from the body.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of A. V'. HALTERMAN, EDITH E. DAY.

